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new Schoeps CMC 1 amplifier for the Colette series

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DSatz:
I don't own the recording that I made with mine, so I can't post any samples from it. But there's no sonic issue involved, unless you've been using a preamp or recorder with less than the 1 kOhm minimum input impedance which Schoeps has always specified for Colette-series microphones.

--best regards

morst:
I found a cool old advertisement for the collete series on page 47 of the June 1979 issue of Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering magazine while looking for something else.
Figured you'd appreciate it.

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Studio-Sound/70s/Studio-Sound-1979-06.pdf

DSatz:
Thanks. The microphone that people here might not recognize--the third one, counting from the left--was from the CMH series of hand-held microphones for pop vocalists. It has an internally shock-suspended capsule with higher diaphragm tension than the standard series, plus a surrounding windscreen. It's a good example of how a microphone can be very well designed for one application, but a poor choice for any applications that are very different, such as recording non-close-up live music.

The lack of proofreading is a bit alarming, though. The stereo microphone was the CMTS, not the "MTS", and the word (even in British English) is coincident, not "coincedent".

Studio Sound was a very informative magazine in its day. Their equipment reviews were very thorough and practical. And I used to read Angus MacKenzie's columns quite eagerly. I think the entire series has been scanned and is available on line these days.

DSatz:
By the way, someone (I can no longer find who) was interested in the "CMC 1 K" version with fixed/attached XLR cable. It has evidently been available for some time already, but on the Web site it isn't listed separately beyond being given a part number on the page for the CMC 1 U. There's also an apparently real photograph on that page (https://schoeps.de/en/products/colette/microphone-amplifiers/cmc-1-u.html) if you wait for it or select its little open "dot".

Edited later to say that I "jumped the gun" a little ... sorry (and does that make me a Mother Superior?)

Sebastian:
That was me! However, I'm still debating whether to get the K or L version.

The K version has been listed on that page (together with the photograph) since the L version was introduced. So I'm not sure if it really is available already. The product page for the U version still says "erhältlich ab ca. Januar 2021" and it's also not on the current price list.

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